Hugh Oxford wrote:
> I have a string that has been saved in a database from a textarea form
> field.
>
> e.g.
>
> $text = "Dear %name
>
> The date is %date
>
> yours,
>
> %user"
>
> I wish to parse the string replacing every word beginning with % with a
> variable $name, $date etc.
>
> However, whenever I use ereg_replace, it just finds the beginning of the
> whole string, rather than individual words.. eg
>
> ereg_replace('^', 'foo', $text);
>
> returns "fooDear %name ...".

What do _you_ think '^' means?
Also, don't use ereg_*, switch to preg_*

$string = preg_replace('/%([a-z]+)/sie','[you asked for $1]',$string);
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Rik Wasmus
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